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omnis_audis - Dec 26, 2014 11:51:09 pm PST #23917 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG (Admiral Hoshi)

Ladies & Gentlemen of the fleet, this is your Admiral. We have bad news and good news. The bad news is, we lost a ship. Thankfully, it was a decoy, set up to distract the Cylons. We will miss it's spare parts. But we are thankful that no humans were hurt in the battle.

And on to the good news. We managed to spin up the FTL computers, and got a great jump! We have found ourselves at a Barren Planet . Sadly, it looks as if there are no resources for us to harvest. But, there are also no Cylons here either! It was a double jump ! Hopefully, that will delay our pursuers for awhile.

Lick any wounds now. Check your ships for damage. Perform any needed maintenance. Now is the time, while the skies are clear.

Galactica Actual, out.


Kalshane - Dec 27, 2014 5:25:17 am PST #23918 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

DA:I

I remembered a couple other bugs I have: One is ever since fighting my first dragon I get random, Matrix-esque super slo-mo in combat sometimes. It's a little weird, but not game-breaking (since I'm hitting the pause button a lot myself) so I don't think about it much.

The other is sometimes the tavern bard will either be singing acappella or else playing music without singing (though the subtitles will still show the words.) Obviously, this is only a minor annoyance.

If you're running on a PC, Rayne, there are a few tweaks to try to make things go smoother:

  • Disable Origin In-Game. Apparently this is sucks up performance and performs no real function beyond annoying pop-ups.
  • Run Origin in Off-line mode unless you're starting a new character.
  • Try the different in-game audio modes to find the one that works best for your setup. Some people are finding having it set to Home Theater without a surround sound system results in the game trying to output audio to non-existent speakers.
  • From your computer Device Manager disable any audio devices you're not using.

I've been doing all of the above and it seems to make a difference.


Rayne - Dec 27, 2014 11:14:29 am PST #23919 of 26134
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

Thanks, Kalshane. I'm on an XBox One though. I'm hopping there have been some patches since I last played that will take care of some of these issues.


Kalshane - Dec 28, 2014 5:39:01 am PST #23920 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Okay. There was a patch a couple weeks ago, but I don't know how it worked out for the XBone side as I don't frequent those forums. I know on the PC-side it solved a lot of people's problems, but also caused problems for people who were working fine before.


Laga - Dec 28, 2014 10:27:29 am PST #23921 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

BSG (Helo)

well jumped, Admiral.


Rayne - Dec 28, 2014 11:11:57 am PST #23922 of 26134
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

I played DA:I for a few hours last night and had no issues whatsoever, so hopefully it's been resolved!


Kalshane - Dec 28, 2014 11:59:42 am PST #23923 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Good to hear, Rayne. Drives me nuts that Bioware is part of the EA behemoth now (not that their pre-EA games didn't have bugs, just didn't seem to be this bad. And Origin is a terrible service all around.)


billytea - Dec 28, 2014 12:05:48 pm PST #23924 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Ok, sorry for the delay. I needed to check something with one of the players. Anyway, the fleet travels 2 Distance for 2 Fuel. That concludes Hoshi's turn. Helo's cards are going out. Helo, when you're ready, please post your move and action.


billytea - Dec 28, 2014 12:06:32 pm PST #23925 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

End-of-turn summary:

Round 2.1 - Hoshi

Locations and Hands
Hoshi: Command; 5 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Helo: Hangar Deck; 5 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Apollo: Quorum Chamber; 5 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards
Baltar: Pegasus CIC; 3 cards, 1 miracle token, 0 mutiny cards

Main Board Sectors
Sector 1: Empty
Sector 2: Empty
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Empty
Sector 5: Empty
Sector 6: Empty

Resources
Fuel: 6
Food: 5
Morale: 10
Population: 12

Viper Reserves: 8
Damaged Vipers: 0
Raptors: 4
Assault Raptors: 1
Boarding Party: 0

Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 0 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 2
Galactica Damage: 0


billytea - Dec 28, 2014 12:13:15 pm PST #23926 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

I have COs from Helo:

Launch into Sector 6 in an assault raptor
Play Launch Scout 1 on the crisis deck

Once again I have Ryan to roll the die for me. He gets:

Die roll: 8. Pass!

The top two cards of the crisis deck are going out. Helo, when you're ready, let me know how to distribute them.